Music News Bytes: Destiny's Child, Britney and Justin Timberlake Return

Ooh, I love January because during this first month of the year there's always news stories about all of the new music coming out in the next 12 months and over the past week there have been several items to wheyt my appetite.

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A Supa Bowl Reunion and then some!

With the news that Beyonce will be releasing at least a new song before her appearance at next month's Super Bowl, even more juicy tidbits have been spreading round the Internet.  Yesterday, the singer announced that she, Kelly Rowland and Michele Williams are putting out a new Destiny's Child album, their first since they parted ways eight years ago.  The new album, Love Songs, will be released January 29, just a few days before the big show.  I'll bet we're gonna see something big on February 3rd.

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New Britney for 2013?

I'm seeing so much chatter about new music out there. Glad to see you're all paying attention ;) Lot of work to do in 2013! LETS GO!

That was a post by Britney Spears on Google+ and Twitter the other day.  As was reported earlier in the week, Ms. Spears has decided to leave her gig on Simon Cowell's X-Factor for the upcoming season, fueling speculation that a brand new set from the singer is coming sometime this year.  With that post, La Spears has decidedly confirmed that speculation, though it's much too early for details.  Her last album, Femme Fatale, was a dance floor gem of a record, one of her best ever, so let's hope this next one follows suit.  Stay tuned..

In the meantime, here's I Wanna Go from FF:


Britney Spears - I Wanna Go (Official Music Video) by vjarmanisuits

Justin's Comeback

Just yesterday a long awaited announcement came from Mr. Justin Timberlake, exciting his long-suffering fans who've last had the chance to enjoy his stuff in 2006's Futuresexlovesound.  The former NSYNC member gone solo star gone actor has been very busy with MySpace, getting married, and yes, acting, and yesterday he posted a video on YouTube and his own website talking about well, music:

It (music) means more to me than anyone else in the world. I've only done two albums in ten years, that's the way I look at it. What does the next decade hold for me? As close as I get to it, I don't know that I could physically torture myself that much year in, year out. I don't want to put anything out that isn't something that I love. You just don't get that every day, you have to wait for it.

He finishes the piece with a definitive, I'm ready!  

Word is that Justin will be working once again with rapper/producer extraordinaire Timbaland and there's a possibility of collaborations with both Jay Z and Beyonce.  The singer's site contains a countdown clock which ends at midnight on Sunday, January 13th.  Hmmmm???  Now this is exciting news!

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Well pretty exciting,, huh?  Stay tuned for more...

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Flashback Friday Song of the Day - What's Up - 4 Non Blondes

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Here's a song from 1992 that was the one and only hit for this four-woman, one hit wonder rock band out of San Francisco. Both lead singer Linda Perry and this song were featured in P!nk's Behind the Music, which I watched last night.  P!nk had been a huge fan of the band and eventually got to work with her idol who mentored her songwriting on her own breakthrough album, Missundaztood.  I kinda like the song too!  Happy Friday!

 

4 Non Blondes - What's Up (What's Going by sayit 

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Christina Aguilera's 'Lotus' Track Reviews: 'Just a Fool,' with Blake Shelton

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This final track off the standard edition of Lotus is a country-twinged duet with country music superstar and fellow Voice coach Blake Shelton, and is also the album's second single.  Even though I've never been a big fan of the genre, I have to say that this one's pretty decent and there's something about X-Tina's vocals, big vocals, here that I love, and I love the first line:

Another shot of whiskey please bartender
Keep em coming till I don't remember at all...

Here's the two of them performing the song on Ellen:



Check out the other Lotus track reviews below:

Lotus Intro/Army of One

Red Hot Kinda Love

Make the World Move

Your Body

Let There Be Love

Sing for Me

Blank Page

Cease Fire

Around the World

Circles

Best of Me

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Song of the Day - Believe - Cher

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A couple of weeks ago, I went out clubbing in the city with my friend Paul. Now Paul's a lot younger than I, but for some reason he and I get along great when we go out clubbing.  One of the sticking points whenever we go out is the music in the car on the way into the city.  Now I may be pretty up to date on a lot of new music, but I'm hardly a connoisseur of the latest stuff, and so he and I aren't always on the same page when it comes to what we're going to listen to on the long drive in, which brings me to Cher.

After being in the car for about twenty minutes or so, Paul took to my iPod in search of some music he could  get into.  Usually it's a Lady Gaga song or Nicki Minaj...something like that, but every once in awhile he surprises me.  As he found the song he wanted to play, he looked over at me with a giant smile.

"Okay, you're not going to believe this..."  he pressed play.

After love, after love, after love, after love...

The opening chords and vocals to Cher's Believe were blaring through my speakers.  The two of us immediately broke out into laughter at the same time.  It turns out he heard the song at his own birthday party that his friends threw for him just a few days prior and he ended up loving it.

"Weren't you in diapers when this song came out," I joked.  Again, we laughed, as Paul really got into it...

Do you believe in life after love... 

I couldn't help but smile.  A young, twenty-something guy getting into Cher!  What could I do?  It had been awhile since I'd heard the song and of course I loved it, so I sang along and did the best head bopping I could do.  Anyway, I've been wanting to feature it for him here ever since.  So Paul, this one's for you...

Cher - Believe from HD VIDEOS on Vimeo.

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